Structural highlights
Function
[COPZ_BACSU] Chaperone that serves for the intracellular sequestration and transport of Cu(+). Delivers Cu(+) to the copper-transporting ATPase CopA.
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
Copper trafficking proteins and copper-sensitive regulators are often found to be able to bind multiple Cu(I) ions in the form of Cu(I) clusters. We have determined the high-resolution X-ray crystal structure of an Atx1-like copper chaperone protein from Bacillus subtilis containing a novel tetranuclear Cu(I) cluster. The identities and oxidation states of the cluster ions were established unambiguously by refinement of X-ray energy-dependent anomalous scattering factors. The [Cu(4)(S-Cys)(4)(N-His)(2)] cluster geometry provides new structural insights into not only the binding of multiple cuprous ions by metallochaperones but also protein-associated tetranuclear Cu(I) clusters, including those found in eukaryotic copper-responsive transcription factors.
A tetranuclear Cu(I) cluster in the metallochaperone protein CopZ.,Hearnshaw S, West C, Singleton C, Zhou L, Kihlken MA, Strange RW, Le Brun NE, Hemmings AM Biochemistry. 2009 Oct 13;48(40):9324-6. PMID:19746989[1]
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References
- ↑ Hearnshaw S, West C, Singleton C, Zhou L, Kihlken MA, Strange RW, Le Brun NE, Hemmings AM. A tetranuclear Cu(I) cluster in the metallochaperone protein CopZ. Biochemistry. 2009 Oct 13;48(40):9324-6. PMID:19746989 doi:10.1021/bi9011995
